Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A mermaid.
Wiktionary
- n. A merman or mermaid in Scottish and Irish Gaelic folklore.
Examples
“The merrow grinned, showing its weird double rows of teeth, and moved forward.”
“The body of the merrow lay strewn in ragged pieces over the ground.”
“Then the pressure was released, and Buffy shot to the surface, gasping for air, and looking around wildly for the merrow.”
“Giles grabbed the driftwood and ran toward them, dodging a merrow and a vampire locked in a bitter choking match.”
“Okay, this is new, Buffy thought, trying to sweep the legs out from under a merrow, and watching it fall back a pace before charging again.”
“Then Oz was beside her, his teeth bared, glaring like he wished it were a full moon, so he could show the merrow who had the really sharp teeth.”
“The merrow paused to lick sharp teeth with a tongue that was vaguely serpentine.”
“After a second that seemed like a lifetime to him, she snatched out a small cylinder and aimed it at the merrow nearest her.”
“There was an uneasy moment of first and third merrow circling each other. . . then the third merrow backed off, hanging submissively limp in the water.”
“He'd snatched up a piece of driftwood and was using it to dual purpose — bashing it over any merrow who got in his way, then reversing it to use as a stake for vampires.”
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The Devil and His Imps
Names of 'the Devil himself, the devils his "flaming ministers", household goblins, rural demons, bogles, sprites, and fairies of all kinds' mentioned in Charles P.G. Scott's 'The Devil and His Imp...
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harry potter words
quidditch, apparate, disapparate, lumos, snitch, pensieve, dementor, azkaban, wingardium, leviosa, horcrux, bludger and 376 more...
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Fictional beasties
elf, gnome, dwarf, sprite, troll, fairy, nymph, imp, brownie, sasquatch, yeti, wookiee and 574 more...
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Seven
turnskin, therianthrope, mimic, mimical, mimetic, animagus, selkie, incantatory, cynanthrope, therianthropy, nagual, pooka and 200 more...
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British Isles mythical creatures and ...
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mythic
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Legendary Creatures of the Sea
And other bodies of water.
sea god, sea-goddess, Neptune, Amphitrite, Triton, Nereus, Oceanus, Proteus, Tethys, Doris, Manannan, manawydan and 51 more...
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